It looks like the new (Scott Cate) MVP’s (Doug Reilly) are starting to be outted. (That’s all I’ve seen so far for the U.S. though I did catch Klaus’s award last week). I can’t wait to see the full list!
Daily Archives: January 20, 2004
Pavlov and Powering Off my P.C. Monitor
In the last [many] months, I generally work until I can’t keep my eyes open anymore. We don’t have kids, but do have a few dependents – a wonderfully funny cat, G.B. and my beloved 10 year old Newfie, Tasha. These two have bed times, too. I know it’s 10pm because the cat suddenly appears, meowing, twirling around my ankles and wants to curl up in my lap. That’s because he likes to snuggle up next to me under the covers when I’m in bed, so this is the best he can do when I’m at my computer. (No wierd interpretations of this please). But the funniest thing is the Pavlovian reaction to the sound of me pushing the power button of my monitor to turn it off. Both the cat and the dog jump up. They know. “Finally, it’s time!!! She’s finished with that DAMNED thing and we can all go to bed.” Silly kids.
Whidbey and my favorite Method…GetDateTimeFormats
I have written in the past about my favorite little method in the BCL – GetDateTimeFormats. There is only one thing that bugs me about it. You have to return an array and then get the element out of the array. For example
dim strArray() as string=now.getDateTimeFormats
dim myFavoriteFormat as string=strArray(1) (1 happens to be like this 1/20/03 in the en-US culture setting)
But I always want to type it like this:
dim datewithMyFavoriteFormat as string=now.getDateTimeFormats(1)
I finally got around to seeing if Whidbey does this but it doesn’t.
add: And then I wrote this post and learned that I still have a LOT to learn about arrays – after only 20+ years of programming!! Many are happy to show me the way!!
Dim datewithMyFavoriteFormat As String = (DateTime.Now.GetDateTimeFormats())(1)
Paying real money for software components!
I have been VERY spoiled in the last few years as a user group leader, INETA volunteer, MVP and babbling blogger because people like to push software my way. Here! use it, write about it, tell the world, give it to your user group. No problemo, dude! Now that I found a product I really want and need (XCeed) I am about to pay for software for the first time in a really really long time! Here’s why. And happily of course – to contribute to the independent software economy!
BTW – Eric if you are reading this, I am still waiting to rebuild my server so I can add more software, including YOURS!
Kate Gregory and Scott Mitchell Interviews
By way of Amy Sorokas , I find this interview about the wonderful, Toronto-based, Kate Gregory (also an MSDN R.D.) that is titled so:
and here’s one of Scott Mitchell (4 Guys from Rolla), too:
Renowned International Development Expert on ASP.NET and Microsoft Technologies…
These are coming from Stephen Ibaraki who has interviews with a lot of well-known geeks. He also presented at Comdex in November on Building Business Models for Web Services. So if you don’t know the name, he’s one experienced, smart and well-connected guy.